Music Inspired Fashion
My style has changed quite a bit over the years, along with my taste in music. i think like most teens I went through the grunge clothing/grunge music phase; wearing the baggy jeans and the tiny baby doll tees. Then during my “angst” filled high school years I fell into the goth/punk/rock phase with the plaid skirts, the black tank tops, with the ripped fishnets and combat boots. After discovering Alanis Morissette and Fiona Apple I was all consumed with the flowing skirts and the fitted tops with flip flips. Almost a modern hippie type of look.
I’ve come a long way since high school, and being in the corporate fashion world, I have opted for a more streamlined look. However, I definitely believe that my music mood still has quite an affect on my style, perhaps just slightly more subtly. Not I tend to go through shorter “phases,” sometimes they only last a day, sometimes a week, occasionally longer. I could wake up one morning and feel like listening to country (this is rare, but it happens) and put on my prairie style skirt with a peasant blouse and sandals. Sometimes I wake up and I’m craving Korn or Disturbed and put on darker eyeliner and wear darker clothing, or maybe that corset inspired top under that black blazer. Perhaps Nirvana is on the brain and I grunge it up a bit more than normal. Typically I fall somewhere between the Alternative Rock and Dance Music, so my clothes tend to be a bit brighter, louder, and more playful.
Does music affect your personal style? How has it changed as you’ve gotten older?
